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Nashville State Community College

120 White Bridge Rd, Nashville, TN 37209

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Nashville State Community College School Description

Since it first opened in 1970, Nashville State Community College has been a vital part of Nashville. Initially named Nashville State Technical Institute, the college had 398 students, and offered only five associate's degrees. Graduation was held in the parking lot. White Bridge Road, where the main campus is still located, had only two lanes and very few businesses. As the White Bridge Road area grew over the years, so did the college. In the future, Nashville State will continue to build on its solid reputation as a technical college. It will stay in step with the educational needs and work force demands of Nashville and the surrounding middle Tennessee area.

The mission of Nashville State Technical Community College is to provide comprehensive educational programs and partnerships, exemplary services, an accessible, progressive learning environment, and responsible leadership to improve the quality of life for the community it serves. The college serves a broad geographic area comprised of Davidson, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, and Stewart Counties, and the Upper Cumberland region.

Nashville State offers associate degrees and certificates that prepare students to think and perform well whether entering the workforce or transferring to a university upon graduation.

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Nashville State Community College

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Nashville State Technical Community College is a community college in Nashville, Tennessee operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It has its origins in a planned redevelopment of a campus on White Bridge Road which was formerly the site of Thayer Hospital, a hospital operated by what is now the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. When the hospital was relocated adjacent to Vanderbilt University and its Medical Center in the 1960s, part of its former campus became the home of Nashville State Technical Institute.

NSTI or Nashville Tech, as it was generally known, was formed to supply the training needed for positions requiring only the Associate's degree or professional certificates, but also to provide the beginning years of a more advanced technical education. At first, liberal arts offerings were essentially the minimum required for the institution to meet these goals, but the plan was always for NSTI to become a full community college.

As time went by, and liberal arts offerings increased somewhat, the school was used more and more by students who were looking to complete the first two years of a four-year degree at a more affordable cost. Some of these students found that credits earned at NSTI were hard to transfer to other accredited schools outside of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. A revamping of the curriculum was put in place to address this concern, and concurrently the institution was renamed Nashville State Community College, a pattern which had already been established at the other, similar urban technical institutes in the state.

Unlike the other community colleges operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville State does not conduct any intercollegiate athletics programs. Under the terms of a judicial consent decree, Nashville State must carefully tailor its offerings so as not to be in direct competition for students with Tennessee State University, a historically black university also located in Nashville, which has been ordered by federal court to achieve a higher degree of racial integration.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
47%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 9,890
Students Receiving Aid:
33%
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Nashville State Community College Degree Programs

Associate Degree Programs

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Certificate Programs

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Nashville State Community College Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Part-Time 53%
Full-Time 47%
Men vs. Women
Women 54%
Men 46%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 61%
African-American 27%
Other 7%
Asian 3%
Hispanic 2%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 93%
Out-of-State 7%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Tennessee 93%
Illinois 0%
Ohio 0%
Alabama 0%
Texas 0%
Percent of Students International: 2%

Nashville State Community College Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 2,814 $ 9,890  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 2,364 $ 9,440  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 225 $ 225  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 3,225 25%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 1,769 11%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 1,166 2%  
Student Loans:
 $ 3,130 13%  
Any Aid:
   33%  

College Advice on Nashville State Community College

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Question: I'm a freshman and am already certain about a college.?

I have a ways to go yet before I'm in college but I already know what college I want to go to. Nashville State Technical Community College. My sister says that community colleges are crappy, but I might afford this one. This college also offers the thing I need. Like, I don't know what the names of all the "college lingo" is, but I want a career in either music or working with children. I want to live in Nashville(possibly) when I grow up. Or Pigeon Forge. (Dolly Parton has big boobs and a non-existent butt!!!) Anywho, my question is, I want to write a letter to the college to ask for more information. Should I write a business-letter or just a casual "Hi, how are you?" type of thing? And also, does my freshman year of college have to be spent in a dorm on campus or what? THANX :)
13 months ago
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Pretty much just sending the admissions office an email with your name, address, and major ideas is enough. Also, sometimes the website for the college also has a link where you fill out a form requesting information. But don't be to much in a hurry. You're only a freshmen. Most college freshmen change their majors 2-3 times before settling on a major. Things change and unexpected bumps in the road deter ones previous goals (i.e. you find out you hate math or music theory or you prefer another subject or come up with a different plan). Also, community colleges rarely have dorms. Probably has apts. near by that you can rent out for 500 + dollars a month. For housing you'll probably need to look up the area and apt. search.

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